Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   How it really works. Date:   1/30/2018 3:01:22 PM

As a federal employee of length - he can have up to 240 hours of vacation time saved that he can use or he can be paid for.   Federally employees don't get paid for their unused sick time at the end of a career.  By some formula, it is applied to the "years of service" on which the compentation is based, but it is not one for one.   He will get 50% of his base pay when they add up his highest 5 years of pay.  I don't know how old he is, but if he is under 55, 2% for every year under that will be taken away.  I don't know how many years of service he has, but if he is under the "new" system - FERS, he will get some combination of federal retirement, his TSP and SS.  Thats when one really wishes they had maxed out their TSP every year.